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Insurgency: 10,000 Dismissed Nigerian Soldiers Beg For Recall A group of dismissed Nigerian soldiers have appealed to the Presidency and the Nigerian Security Council to look into their cases and recall them, having not been properly discharged from the army. TROOPS...aitonline.tv The affected former soldiers, in a letter, also appealed to the National Security Council to look into the issues leading to their dismissal and temper justice with mercy by recalling them into the service, saying they had much to offer in the security sector. According to the letter, the officers were trained in Nigerian Army Drill School, Zaria and other military institutions after which they were dismissed from service. “Some of us have undergone several trainings in the Nigerian School of Artillery, Kachia, Kaduna State and acquired unquantifiable knowledge during these trainings,” the letter read in part. They recalled that the process of recalling them had actually been started when Air Marshal Paul Dike was the Chief of Defence Staff, and Lt. Gen. Danbazzau was the Chief of Army Staff. But the exercise stopped soon after they retired from service seven years ago. Those who were lucky to recalled then, the ex-soldiers said, were been made to attend refreshing courses at the School of Infantry, Jaji and posted to their respective units. Part of a letter of appeal signed by some of the ex-soldiers said, “We are appealing to the Nigerian Security Council to look into our affairs as a matter of urgency and temper justice with mercy and recall us back to the service or discharge us accordingly, as we have nothing doing to help our family. The appeal letter was signed by BDR Onyeayana Okafor (79NA/9257), CPL Raphael Iyama (79NA/3370), L/BDR Michael Olisakaomam (79NA/18909), L/CPL Emovre Eugene, L/CPL Sani Musa (79NA/8537), L/CPL Thomas Odu (79NA/9619), PTE Bright Akpoghenta (79NA/30858), PTE Olusola Ogundipe (95NA/39/2347), L/CPL Zakarya (79NA/72792) and PTE David Rojowa Bernard (79NA/19358) among others. Meanwhile, a security analyst has backed the appeal for the affected officers to be recalled, saying their re-absorption into the service would help in the fight against insurgency. “Our government has deliberately abandoned over 10,000 of our well trained soldiers who were unjustly dismissed and we are crying wolf over insurgency by some elements. These military best hands should be re-absorbed to help contain the spread of insur­ gency,” the analyst stated in Asaba.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:36:11 +0000

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